Catfish huntin in small waters

ive been fishing a small farm pond the last couple months and caught several @ 12lb and lost one double that using nightcrawlers. well i recently purchased a cast net and the bluegill are plentiful at night time . I was hopeing to get some suggestions on how to bait them. I mostly always fish at night from the bank w/the nightcrawlers on bottom. THe big one i lost bit on a plastic worm w/some scent on it, thats what give me the idea of trying some bluegill since they are so plentiful at this pond

you should tottly use bluegill but frist what kind ok catfish are you talking about i guess chanel so heres what to do
1. get blugill about hand size
2.cut blugill up use head and sides for bait
3.cast out at defferent depths
4>wait for the hit
5.set hook reel in and use cpr cacth photo relase hope this helps
ohh btw if there flat heads putt hook though the blugills dorsal cast out keep it live and wait till those cats eat it any more question you know who to go too:wink:

If im fishing a farm pond that is loaded with gill i use them for bait every time for all species of fish, but if its a small pond and casting out a mile is not a concern i use no weights on my line just cut a 3-5 inch gill in have use head portion first just put it on a 5-7 ot circle hook and let her fly, just leaave the bail open on your real and watch the line when it takes off count to 5 and wind down on her, i dont use weights cause cats in ponds tend to stay off the bottom a little more. The bait with out weights will fall about 1ft per 5 seconds so it leaves a hell of a BLOOD TRAIL on the way down as aposed to sinking like a rock to a most likly mucky bottom (which does not dispurse scent) very well at all, lots of times the bait will not even make it to the bottom before its eaten. i use this technique alot even in lakes when the weather permits, lots of wind and current its not the best rig but farm ponds eith little to no breeze its the best way ive found to catch cats...good luck and let the bigguns go!!!